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Commons
//ˈkɑmənz// name, noun, verb
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Proper Noun
- 1 The House of Commons, part of the parliament under the Westminster system of parliamentary democracy. Canadian, UK
- 2 A surname.
Noun
- 1 plural of common form-of, plural
- 2 A public area, especially a dining hall, at a college or university; a similar shared spaced elsewhere. singular, usually
- 3 the common people wordnet
- 4 A common (common land); especially, a central section of (usually an older) town, designated as a shared area. singular, usually
"The Renaissance festival started with the "peasants" meeting in the commons."
- 5 a class composed of persons lacking clerical or noble rank wordnet
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- 6 The mutual good of all; the abstract concept of resources shared by more than one, for example air, water, information. figuratively
""The tragedy of the commons" is that none wish to make sacrifices of their or their family's interests for the common good."
- 7 a pasture subject to common use wordnet
- 8 The common people collectively, the third estate, the people not belonging to the nobility or clergy
"We in the name of other Perſean ſtates [i.e. nobles], And commons of this mightie Monarchy, Preſent thee with the Emperiall Diadem."
- 9 a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area wordnet
- 10 The free burghers/bourgeoisie of a given town, taken collectively. historical
- 11 An outhouse. euphemistic, obsolete
- 12 Food served at a fixed rate from the college buttery, distinguished from battels. UK, obsolete
"At the same time, the fashion at Oxford of confining lunch to a "commons" of bread and butter and a glass of beer till the crew reaches Putney (when a little meat is allowed,) is unreasonable."
- 13 Food in general; rations.
"short commons"
Verb
- 1 third-person singular simple present indicative of common form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Etymology
Etymology 1
Ellipsis of House of Commons.
Etymology 2
* English and Irish (Mayo Tipperary and Galway): variant of Cummings. * English: variant of Common with post-medieval excrescent -s.
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